Animal-stall.



H. L. FERRIS.

ANIMAL STALL.

PPLlcATloN FILED ocT. 2

1,172,236. 2' m5" Patented Feb.15,1916. 3 SHEETSWSHEE ,QQ/w

H. L. FERRIS.

ANIMAL sTALL.

H. L FERRIS.

ANIMAL STALL,

APPUcAloN man c-cT. 22. |915.

1,172,236. Patented Feb. 15, i916.

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Emmy'. HARVARD, .im-me e "COMP-ANY, HARK-vaan, mun? is, Assieu nur@ HUNT, HELM, FERRE; &

e. a CQRPQRATION or ILL-Nol's. A

en il Y .Fig, 4 "is za on the l er iif. Fig. 5 iz" a see ien en the line et Fim' S; Fin: (i is a ser iol.

r and Fie. 'a ia a plan vien' of a serie? o' "tallS'A containing in v invention. y

Referring to the drawings, 7 is the traine which :seta tivansve'rsely7 of; each of the serie-.S of Stal and orinsithe frontend thereof.

te thin] frame and therefore. lonerste rally nt the stall. is a tube S beneath tie irai e .mdextending both in 'front ot and 'lielrintl the Same. This tube is slettecl on lovver face and its edges adjacent the Slot are turned up at. 9 trJorn-i tracks upon which runs the head l() of a Slidable Stanehion support l! is the sraiiehion or other annual-fastening; means. the lmver endet which iS Aattathed to the curb 1I?) of the stall in an)y Suitable manner.A The upper end of the stanchion can. by this mechanism. he set. at different positionS along' the tuue.

For the purpose of locking the Stanehion .in the. desired potionr.l lacking' sleeves ll Surround the tniie thee Sleeves; being Slotted at. 15 and each imi-king Sleeve being Provitleijl, with a han-ille l h 'v which it maiv he rocked. vWillen the Siem .n are in the 'D0- Sition Shown in Fil. 13. the stanehion is locked rentrallv of the time it it iS desired to e the .ipi'irr rml ol' the stanehinn either t-:rivard er liar-lc'. the gorlesgionrlin Sleeve i rofhefl lo ln". it into reg'iatratinn with .flee Slut of the tf 5 and the atanrliion is then :ilove-l in the {wireti direi-tion. lt rau la laila-:l miflnar of this' length of the Sleeve liv engaging' will; a untrh 1T thereof. er it can he lurlterl at the evtreme end of o .eetgtain in ev'v vand u .mvn in the acrxunpanving shown atllf lnithe uSe the tube by 'being-niovedpasti:tlleef the end of the tube. The

vided tive. positions' in "'vihih can lie Seti and locked. y i'if'esentgstructure it, provid he ewperated llaa liere'tril'e vears to adfnist the efl'eeti'ile f'' So as to aline the cattle with thegut-tersff on; it

ner l5, 'such as .were enfn'i 'ears ago, each animal "in ne to aA ,Q'iven stall a tion. AvWith the development. of large herdsV nrf""e possible 'ny the. wide-spread use o the -nnliiing machine, it. has ,beenA found absointel)-v inipo. Vible to train thecattle to enter their respective stalls.

and quie-kli-v`v adjusted While the animal is in place. as distinguished from prior devices which have to be adjusted with special tools Snell as wrenches.' screw-drivers, and the like. ln them the adjustmenthas been amatter involving quite a little time.t s@ much time that the adjustment with the animal in plaire was ahsolutel'y inniossible. v.lith my improved device. where the adjustment is instantaneous. the anin'ials enter the stalls inflir'rriuiinavelv and in practice it isV found that onlv a relativel)1 :small percentage of a given herd requires adjustment'. can he lined un very quieklv atthe time when the stani'hions are hein;r Closed on the anii'luiiz" necks.

i realize that considerable variation is paella@ in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit. of mv invention: therefore l do xmt intend to limitinver-lt to the spr-citi(- forni herein shown and ileserilaal except as nointeil out in the following' rlaim, in which it is in.,v intena-i-[Qu it ma am with legame e inne-ieee@ 'i nre, huir, pir "l nietacljo Y As a result the adinstable devices heretofore provided have ne- These tion to claim all the novelty inherent in the construction as broadly as is permitted by fthe state of the art.

stalls after the animal is in place'therein v and for securing said animal-holding devices in adjusted position, whereby each-0f the units of the herd is .alinedvwith the said gutter irrespective of the length of Said units.

2. In combination, a stall providedwith a glitter, longitudinal guiding'means'cem' trally located-.in the front of the stall andl bearing a `fixed relationto the gutter, a .stanchioncarried by theguidin means and movable along the same, and s vnchion sei i s curing mechanism for securingthestanchion in fixed positions on the guiding means and manually and quickly releasable` 'to permit the adjustment of `the stanchiongvvhile ani animal is held thereby.

In combination, a. stall providediwith a gutter, a tubular guide, a stanchion. a, stanehion-carrying member running ina slot in the guide., and means for locking the stanchion-carrying Amembel'fin' a variety of' positlons 1n the-guide, andadapted to re lease and lock the same quickly to permit its adjustment while an animal is held"thereby.l

4. In combination, astall provided'with a gutter at its rear, -a longitudinal tubular guide at .its front,a stanchioma stanchion-v vcarryingq'member running ,in`v aslot in the guide, and a slotted 4.sleeve embracing`the tubular guide and adapted by rotation to lock thestanchion-s'upportingmember in a variety of positions.v

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto my hand this 29th day of Sept., 1915,-

y Finnair` n FERRs,

LEO L. HAMILTON, G. A. BUaNlaY.LA i

In presence of two subscribing witnesses: 

